Space Force: The Sixth Branch

[Ozarky]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cn...ing-space-force-as-sixth-military-branch.html

Go figure. As soon as I get my Pro Rec Y we get a whole new branch!! Calling my recruiter now to see if there’s any chance of a lateral transfer to the Space Force... ?

 

[Seniuram]

What are my chances of getting X-Wings?

 

[nittany03]

There’s the inconvenient matter of Congress needing to amend Title 10, US Code before this can go anywhere. Sure, the President can tell the Pentagon to do studies and get ready, but the structure of DoD is controlled by the legislature, not the executive.

 

[abctotheabc]

How would a boot camp even work for "Space Force"? Where would you put it?

 

[Seniuram]

How would a boot camp even work for "Space Force"? Where would you put it?

We all know there’s a secret military base on the moon, come on.

 

[peppergunner]

Your IST on the moon requires 1000 push-ups for SAT-MED due to reduced gravity.

 

[Treetop Flyer]

Does service guarantee citizenship?

 

[sevenhelmet]

I'd love to see a solid argument on how establishing another branch of the military that does what the USAF Space Command, NRO, and others already do would make the Pentagon MORE efficient.

I'm obviously missing something here, this seems like a solution looking for a problem.

 

[Judge Q]

Does service guarantee citizenship?

I'm from Buenos Aires and I say we kill em all.

 

[Python]

I'd love to see a solid argument on how establishing another branch of the military that does what the USAF Space Command, NRO, and others already do would make the Pentagon MORE efficient.

I'm obviously missing something here, this seems like a solution looking for a problem.

Couldn’t we have said something similar about USAAC->USAF?

 

[Flash]

I'd love to see a solid argument on how establishing another branch of the military that does what the USAF Space Command, NRO, and others already do would make the Pentagon MORE efficient.

Couldn’t we have said something similar about USAAC->USAF?

US space is a bit of a hot mess right now and it needs some fixing but I don't think a separate service is the solution, at least yet. Just to start the DoD controls only some of the US government's space assets and that is before you get into commercial US space assets. So no, the comparison to the USAAF to USAF is not even close. And then you get into the whole what they would control and do, are they are force provider or would they have some combatant command-like responsibilities WRT to space assets?

It makes far more sense to me to create a new unified command like CYBERCOM, you could even use SOCOM's model of having their own budget authority. But a separate service? Nope.

 

[707guy]

How would a boot camp even work for "Space Force"? Where would you put it?

We already have one.... https://www.spacecamp.com/

 

[Jim123]

We already have one.... https://www.spacecamp.com/

Does it still have a sentient, mischievous, yet charming robot named Jinx?

 

[Uncle Fester]

The AAF was already effectively operating as a separate service by the end of the Big War, so the establishment of the USAF just formalized what already existed. That’s not the case with this putative “Space Force”. Like @Flash said, DoD Space efforts badly need reorganization, but this doesn’t solve the problems. And in any case, there’s less than zero appetite for it among the JCS. Even elevating it to a joint component command along the lines of TRANSCOM was DOA.

 

[707guy]

Does it still have a sentient, mischievous, yet charming robot named Jinx?

Apparently Jinx and the cast, including "Holy Sh$t it's Viper" are in the Space Camp Hall of Fame...

https://www.spacecamp.com/halloffame